FOUNDERS OF THE CENTER

 

1. Integration and Development Center for Information and Research

The Center was created in July 1997. Its goal is the promotion of the open civil society development in the Crimea, democratic relations formation by the way of conducting various researches and its results inculcation, holding seminars, conferences, publications in newspapers, magazines. The Center's activities are financed through its members sponsorship, private donations and grants of charitable foundations.

2. Crimean ethnographical museum (CEM)

It was opened in 1992 as an affiliate of the Crimean republican museum of local lore, history and economy. Today CEM is one of the leading scientific and cultural-educational establishments of the Crimea. Collection of CEM amounts more than 7000 exhibits. CEM plays a unique role in system of museum establishments of the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea. This is the place where the information on ethnography and culture of the Crimean peoples is presented in the most complete way. That's why it can be considered a 'model' of the Crimea, a unique guidebook of its peoples and cultures.

The exhibition "Mosaic of Crimean cultures" has been opened since 1999. The total exhibit place was enlarged in 2006 and now it totals 500 square meters. The exhibition shows the way of living, customs, traditions and holidays of 19 Crimean peoples. Armenians, Bulgarians, Belorussians, Crimean Roma, Crimean Tatars, Czechs, Estonians, French, Germans, Greeks, Italians, Jews, Karaytes, Krymchaks, Mordovians, Poles, Russians, Swiss, Ukrainians wait for the museum visitors. The Museum booklet is here.